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Quotation from Life of St. Martin by Sulpitius Severus; Alexander Roberts
“O Lord, if I am still necessary to your people, I do not shrink from toil: your will be done”
Life of St. Martin, Letter 3, Martin's death, trans. Alexander Roberts (1894)
Martin's deathbed prayer holds together bodily exhaustion and willingness to continue pastoral care.
Citation: "O Lord, if I am still necessary to your people, I do not shrink from toil: your will be done" — Sulpitius Severus; Alexander Roberts, Life of St. Martin, Letter 3, Martin's death, trans. Alexander Roberts (1894). (id life-of-st-martin-q4)
Portrait: Freskenzyklus mit Szenen aus dem Leben des Hl. Martin von Tours, Kapelle in Unterkirche San Francesco in Assisi, Szene: Der meditierende Heilige, Detail, Simone Martini, Public domain.
